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two teenage entrepreneurs created what would become the world's largest package delivery service.
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A merger with Evert McCabe's competing package delivery business helped the company redefine its primary charge.
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the company made its first expansion beyond Seattle to Oakland, California, where the name United Parcel Service debuted.
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the company acquired a business in Los Angeles that offered "wholesale delivery" service, shipping products from the manufacturer to the distributor.
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the company introduced an innovative conveyor belt system used for package handling.
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UPS expanded eastward the following year, opening operations and moving its headquarters to New York City.
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acquiring delivery responsibilities for department stores in Chicago, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and Philadelphia.
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In 1953 UPS began common carrier operations by providing package transportation services to the public in cities.
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In 1975, UPS became the first package delivery company to serve every address in the 48 continental United States.
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the corporate headquarters moved from New York City to Greenwich, Connecticut.
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In all 50 states and Puerto Rico. That same year, UPS introduced international air package and document service between the U.S. and six European nations.
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To operate its own aircraft, launching UPS Airlines. Organized in slightly more than one year with all the needed technology and support systems.
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For more than one million regular customers with such massive volume UPS needed to develop new technology to maintain efficiency.
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It provided the perfect interface to make what was primarily internal operational information available for customer access.
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the company also financial services business unit, the flow of funds and mitigating trade risk throughout the supply chain.
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The public for the first time. This public offering gave UPS the ability to use a public trade security to make strategic acquisitions.
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by acquiring Mail Boxes Etc., Inc., the world's largest franchise of retail shipping, postal and business service centers.
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highlighting the importance of balancing economic, social and environmental objectives. Now an annual report, it tracks the company's key performance indicators relevant to the business.
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in 2004 added heavy air freight shipment capability, while the acquisition of Overnite in 2005 expanded the company's ground freight services in North America. Other recent acquisitions in the U.K. and Poland present new opportunities for growth in Europe.
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to promote the company's expanded and supply chain management capabilities.
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through becoming the first global express delivery company to be wholly-owned in Vietnam.